Sponsors
Support access to accredited CME, CNE and CDE
CMEPEDIA enables organisations and individuals to sponsor accredited Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) and Continuing Dental Education (CDE) for doctors, nurses, dentists and other healthcare professionals. Sponsorship can fund Premium subscriptions, paid accredited activities or the development of independent educational content made available free of cost.
Your sponsorship can improve access to accredited continuing education, reduce the cost burden on healthcare professionals and support digital, paperless relicensing.
Step 1 - Register as a sponsor
Create a sponsor account on CMEPEDIA for free.
Step 2 - Choose what you would like to sponsor
Sponsors may support one or more of the following:
- Development of free educational content with an unrestricted grant.
- Paid accredited courses or webinars
- CMEPEDIA Premium subscriptions
Step 3 - Specify the sponsorship
Indicate the amount you would like to contribute or the number of subscriptions or educational activities you would like to fund. CMEPEDIA manages the allocation independently in accordance with applicable accreditation requirements.
Step 4 - Sponsorship is allocated
Based on the amount contributed or the number of courses or Premium subscriptions sponsored, the CMEPEDIA system allocates the sponsorship to eligible healthcare professionals. Sponsors cannot select individual recipients or access their personal information. The allocation process is automated and cannot be manually overridden by CMEPEDIA employees.
Where sponsorship is provided for the development of a new educational activity, the funding is allocated to ACCRECENT, CMEPEDIA’s in-house content provider, which develops the course independently.
Step 5 - Receive a sponsorship report
Sponsors receive information about how the sponsorship was allocated and the educational access it supported. Information is reported in groups where required to protect learner privacy and avoid selection bias
Individuals and organisations may sponsor CMEPEDIA Premium subscriptions.
Eligible companies may sponsor access to paid and free accredited CME, CNE and CDE activities.
Ineligible companies may provide unrestricted educational grants to support the development of independent accredited educational content that is made available free of cost.
CMEPEDIA and ACCRECENT independently manage educational needs assessment, faculty selection, content development, peer review, accreditation and sponsorship allocation.
Sponsors can fund Premium subscriptions for healthcare professionals, giving them access to a digital educational portfolio where they can track credits, maintain certificates and learning records, receive relicensing reminders and provide temporary portfolio access to a professional body.
This supports online relicensing by allowing professional bodies to review educational records digitally. It reduces the time spent compiling physical portfolios, lowers the administrative burden on healthcare professionals and professional bodies, and reduces the need for printed certificates and courier submissions.
Compiling a portfolio using hard copies takes an estimated 16 working hours. Based on approximately 5.348 million doctors, dentists, dental surgeons, nurses and midwives in India, moving to online relicensing could save around 85.57 million working hours. Where 160 printed records are required for a relicensing cycle, digital submission could also avoid approximately 855.7 million sheets of paper, equivalent to around 102,684 trees over five years, as well as millions of courier submissions to professional bodies. These figures are estimates based on the assumptions used in CMEPEDIA’s reviewed calculations.
Eligible organisations can sponsor paid accredited CME, CNE and CDE courses or webinars so that healthcare professionals can access them free of cost.
CMEPEDIA allocates the sponsored access through its automated system. Priority is given to healthcare professionals who have added the activity to their wishlist. The system may also prioritise professionals in lower-resource settings and ensures that each learner receives sponsorship for one activity before becoming eligible for another.
Healthcare professionals are notified when sponsored access is allocated and are given one month to begin the activity. If they do not begin within this period, or if they decline the activity, the access is returned to the allocation pool and offered to another eligible learner.
Sponsors may fund the development of new independent CME, CNE or CDE activities that will be made available free of cost to healthcare professionals.
The sponsorship is allocated to ACCRECENT, CMEPEDIA’s in-house content provider, which independently manages the development of the activity. Funding may cover educational needs assessment, author and peer reviewer fees, content development, editorial review, accreditation and digital production.
ACCRECENT retain full control over the educational topic, faculty, content, assessments, peer review and accreditation process. Sponsors cannot influence educational decisions. Sponsors receive a report explaining how the funding was used.
CMEPEDIA discloses the name of the sponsoring organisation and the nature of the support to learners. Sponsors cannot select individual recipients, influence educational needs, choose faculty, control course content or assessments, or take part in accreditation decisions. CMEPEDIA independently manages sponsorship allocation and educational decisions in accordance with applicable accreditation requirements.
CMEPEDIA aims to maximise the impact of sponsorship through cost-efficient digital delivery and shared educational infrastructure. We use AI technology, flexible production models and existing educational resources to reduce unnecessary production and administrative costs.
CMEPEDIA works with internal and external content providers through a 15% redistribution model. This allows educational providers to earn revenue from their activities while CMEPEDIA maintains the platform and expands access to continuing education.
For every paid educational activity purchased, ₹15 is allocated to the CMEPEDIA development fund. The fund supports authors and the development of accredited continuing education in developing and underserved regions.
CMEPEDIA is a for-profit organisation. Sponsorship payments therefore do not qualify for charitable tax benefits.
